Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

Unbelievable Black Friday sale at my local library, any of the books I’ve been wanting to read for free and I can take it back for a new book when I’m done

They call it Black Friday because that's the color of the void you're trying to fill with material things.

Why do all these young people in further education keep becoming left wing? Could it be that critical thinking and increased knowledge leads people to question capitalism, imperialism, media manipulation, and the status quo?

No, no, no it must be INDOCTRINATION

Tech companies that did layoffs without flattening management layers.

The craziest prediction The Jetsons made about life in the future was that a man working in a sprocket factory could support a middle-class family of four.

I’m so thankful for the kind trans people of mastodon. Without you, I would not be the woman I am today. This place has literally changed my life for the better with your stories, your advice, and your support. Even if we didn’t interact directly, your words have helped me find my way, and I am so grateful for all of you. #trans #transgiving #thankful

Last night Airwars and Arms Research launched a useful resource for researchers, helping individuals identify different types of Munitions. Find the live portal here: https://osmp.airwars.org/

Scientists: we have created a pill to extend life indefinitely
Humanists: we have remembered to make sure *quality* of life was part of the process
Tech companies: we have turned those things into a subscription service so you can autopay to avoid dying a miserable death on a monthly basis

This is Walter, named for Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears. It’s a 1966 Chevy half ton pickup truck purchased for $360 by my oldest son Ryan in 2000 when we lived in Kansas. He was 14, had his learner’s permit and had money he earned delivering newspapers and mowing lawns. I had to teach him the fine art of shifting a “three on the tree.” After Ryan was KIA in Iraq, Walter was restored to how Ryan planned to have it done. I take it to car shows when possible because my boy would if he could.

If you've been noticing an uptick in laws proposed and often passed, that are criminalizing nearly all forms of protest, it's because the oil companies are paying politicians to make the peaceful fight against climate change impossible. #environment
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/study-fossil-fuel-industry-lobbying-anti-protest-bills/

John Conner watching you use ChatGPT

@lproven @Reuters There are concrete, achievable steps you can take right now to slow the insect apocalypse. Leave your autumn leaves in place. Or rake them aside beneath a garden hedge, don’t trash them. Don’t cut your flowers down, but leave the dead plants standing till spring. Insects— nearly all beneficial—use this habitat as shelter. Reduce your lawn in favor of diverse perennial plant species. Stop using pesticide sprays.
#gardening #GardeningMastodon #insects #biodiversity

Whenever you read a negative story about renewable energy, electric vehicles or heat pumps in the media ask yourself:

Could it be that vested interest groups funded and placed the story?

Rarely exposed but this stuff goes on all the time.

https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/revealed-media-blitz-against-heat-pumps-funded-by-gas-lobby-group/

" 'We know that Elagabalus identified as a woman and was explicit about which pronouns to use, which shows that pronouns are not a new thing,' he added."

https://apple.news/AvOSBWgGETx67lBawU24EEw

Cops are the ultimate class traitors. They perpetuate inequality and serve the interest of the ruling capitalist class at the detriment of the working class. When we protest and strike against the inequalities of capitalism and the state it's cops who shoot and beat us into submission, and that's why cops, and any centralized authority, are incompatible with the vision of a stateless, classless society based on equality, where resources are collectively owned instead of being hoarded by the few.